Amendments to the annual updates for physical activity pledges

November 15, 2012

All partners signed up to any physical activity pledges will be asked to provide narrative updates on the specific activities or projects they have undertaken to increase participation in physical activity over the past year and the impact that their actions have had.

The reports for the five physical activity pledges have been simplified.

The seven questions in the previous physical activity: community (P1) report and the four questions in the previous physical activity: inclusion (P5) report have been replaced with the following two questions.

Please estimate the number of people that:
a. participated in your community programme
b. were more active as a result of participating

Please indicate all of the demographic groups within the local community that you have designed or implemented specific physical activity programmes for. (Tick box selection)

The eight questions in the previous physical activity guidelines (P2) report have been replaced with the following two questions.

The revised CMO guidelines provide physical activity recommendations for four distinct age groups. Please indicate the age groups you have focused on in disseminating the guidance. (Tick box selection)

Please estimate the number of people reached through your activities and explain how you arrived at this estimate.

The five questions in the previous active travel (P3) report have been replaced with the following three questions.

Please estimate the number of your employees who report they are regularly using active modes of travel and explain how you arrived at this estimate.

Have the number of employees using active modes of travel increased since last year?

If, your active travel pledge activities have focused on customers or local communities, have you observed or measured any increases in active travel in these groups? If yes, please provide details and where you have been able to measure this please explain how you arrived at this estimate.

The six questions in the previous physical activity in the workplace (P4) report have been replaced with the following two questions.

Please estimate the number of your employees who participated in your workplace physical activity programmes over the last year and explain how you arrived at this estimate?

Has the number of your employees participating in your workplace physical activity programmes increased since last year?